Improvement in box and box-holder



. J. A. COTTEN. v BOX AND BOX-HOLDER.

Patent ed May 8, 187 7.

INVENT ll:

" ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

JOSEPH A. OOTTEN, OF THOMASTON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOX AND BOX-HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190.471, dated May 8, 1877; application filed March 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. OoTTEN, of Thomaston, Upson .county, Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Box and Box- Holder, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved box. Fig. 2' is a perspective view of the box, together with a holder or lifter adapted to the same. Fig. 3 represents a modi-. fied form of box and lifter.

My invention consists in a box of peculiar construction, and a holder or lifter adapted to the same, the object being to provide a means for handling boxes upon high shelves without the use of steps or necessity of climbing.

Referring to the drawing, A is a box, which may be made from any suitable material in 'the ordinary way, except that a portion, a, of

the front is set back at an angle, leaving the strip b across the front at the top, between which and the inclined part a there is a slot,

0. Across the strip b and across the sides of the box diagonally toward the lower rear corner and across the rear end at the lower side of the box a band, (1, of canvas, metal, or other suitable material is placed. 0 is a lifter or holder provided with a wide end, D, in which is formed a rabbet, c, that extends back from the end of the holder a distance about qual to the width of the strip 6, so that when the rabbeted part of the holder is placed in the slot 0 in the box A, the lower edge of the strip 12 rests upon the shoulder formed by the rabbet, and the box may be lifted and supported by the holder 0. The canvas band d strengthens the box, so that it withstands any strain caused by the peculiar manner of handling. In Fig. 3 the box A has upon its front end a casting, f, of trapezoidal shape, which is provided with recesses g, (shown in dotted lines,) into which the notched end of the holder B may be introduced. The holder B may be rabbeted as well as notched, when it will answer for boxes of both descriptions. Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The box A, having its end'slotted and bent inwardly and supported by the strengthening-band d, the whole being adapted to engage with the grapple or lifter D (J, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A goods-box lifter, consisting of the stafi 0, having a widened head adapted to engage with a box having one end so constructed as to look with said lifter, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH A. OOTTEN.

Witnesses:

THO. M. MATTHEWS, J. K. ADAMS. 

